The Rise of the Empire

Chapter 2789: 1st line students

In the end, Colonel King chose to believe in Raidel because he was the commander with the highest level and the most practical experience in the entire fleet. At this time, only Raidel gave him a reasonable idea to break the game. The admiral on the other side of the ocean!

However, both the evasion of the Tosa and the support provided by the Fuso are a bit late, or this time luck is on the side of Raedel. When the smoke is about to cover the huge hull of the Tosa, a 15-inch armor-piercing projectile is sent. Accurately hit the No. 1 turret mount of Tosa!

A bright yellow flame soared into the sky. The cannonball penetrated the defense and ignited the ammunition in the dressing room. At this time, the Tosa had not much ammunition, although the two fire doors restricted the fire to the turret and ammunition. The area between the banks, and the damage was reduced to a minimum, but the blow was still deadly, as if the claws of a behemoth had cut a deep scar on the opponent’s chest, not only making the opponent weaker, but also bright The flames also like blood, leaving a way for hunters to track down!

Even if it is shrouded in smoke, whether it is Mecklenburg or Arizona, they can rely on flames to determine the location of this Japanese battleship! The same goes for destroyers! The Tosa can't run! However, the so-called good fortune does not come singly. Just when the Tosa was struggling to get rid of the opponent’s attack, the Arizona also scored a hit, and this is the battle against the Fuso-class main armor obtained by the US 14-inch L45 naval gun. The only definable breakdown record of the belt!

At a distance of 8,700 meters, a 14-inch shell weighing 635KG penetrated the middle of the Tosa hull. Accompanied by a sound of shattering metal, this 14-inch shell successfully penetrated the Tosa's foot. There is 320mm inclined armor, and then all the way down to a secondary gun ammunition bay!

boom! There was a huge explosion on the sea again. This loud bang attracted everyone’s goals. A bright fire shone on the huge body of the Tosa. This violent explosion made the Japanese feel their scalp numb. It is really unexpected that the Fuso-class battleship will be penetrated into the core compartment, and this is undoubtedly a booster for the Americans! Let them see the hope of life!

If the attack was half an hour ago, then this shell could have killed the Tosa, but unfortunately, the Tosa’s ammunition depot was basically emptied after the battle. Although the remaining ammunition would explode, Half of the secondary artillery gallery was turned into a sea of ​​flames, but it did not eventually sink the warship. However, the end of the Tosa has come, and the American destroyer detachment that killed the battleship Ibuki is rushing non-stop to this already precarious giant ship, ready to harvest this precious head!

In order to keep this precious warship, the Japanese destroyer squadron is also fighting, and the Japanese destroyer squadron, which has been broken up in the previous battle, has assembled for the last time in this battle! There were nearly 30 destroyers before the war, and only one dozen are still on the battlefield! This time, however, the Japanese fleet gathered 4 ships! And they are facing the 12 destroyers of the entire U.S. Navy Defender Destroyer Unit!

Then there was a one-sided massacre on the battlefield, which was also the most convenient sub-battlefield that the US Navy fought in this battle! The 4 destroyer leaders and 8 destroyers rolled over like road rollers, and the 4 destroyers fought for the glory of the Japanese Navy!

"Release the smoke, hurry up and release the smoke!" The Japanese navy, which was overwhelmed by the fierce shelling from the very beginning, could not lift its head. The raindrops of artillery shells fell on the deck of the destroyer, blowing up the facilities and personnel into fragments, flames and smoke Covering the battleship, exuding the breath of death, the Japanese tried their best to resist. They released smoke to evade, but all this was in vain, except for the first two destroyers that evacuated successfully turned in with full of bullet holes. In addition, one of the remaining two destroyers was sunk by torpedoes, and the other was sunk by dense shells. Although an American destroyer was also sunk by a torpedo with a blind cat and a dead mouse. But the United States says it's okay!

"When facing the last Japanese destroyer, we could only see the masts or bridges that were occasionally exposed, but it didn’t matter. We didn’t care. We charged the Tosa while attacking wildly with the sidestring artillery. When the smoke dissipated, there was no shadow of the Japanese destroyer on the sea. We did not hear a violent explosion. We estimated that too many bombs were hit, which directly caused its sinking. This Japanese destroyer was walking very quietly. It sank calmly to the bottom of the sea under the envelope.” A US destroyer officer and soldier described the scene after the war.

Under the siege of a group of destroyers like bloodthirsty piranhas, the Tosa, which has lost 70% of its power and almost all its firepower, finally ushered in its end. Angry Americans shot more than 15 against this destroyer. Send a torpedo! Looking at the white marks left on the surface of the torpedo after the launch, everyone knew that the Tosa was dead!

Two minutes later, a series of violent explosions came from the Tosa! This dying giant ship uttered a terrifying wailing under repeated blows. The huge hull was struggling in the sea and flames~lightnovelpub.net~The sound of metal cracking, explosions and crashes continued to come, huge The bow of the ship began to slowly dive into the water, and then the tail was raised high, and the propellers leaving the water were still spinning, as if they did not want to succumb to fate. When two more torpedoes hit the warship, the stern that had been tilted broke under the torpedo attack and its own gravity. The hull tens of meters long fell on the sea and splashed hundreds of meters high. The waves!

Then with a louder sound, the towering bridge of the Tosa slammed on the sea, and the violent impact smashed the entire bridge to pieces! The hull weighing more than 30,000 tons sank into the sea in less than a minute, and the huge vortex created by the sinking of the battleship engulfed the people who were about to escape and the rescue boats. Within minutes, the Japanese Navy killed more than 900 soldiers!

"Your Excellency Commander, the battle of Tosa is sinking." A few minutes later, an officer reported to Shigeru Yoshimatsu. At this time, the atmosphere of joy that permeated the entire command tower of the Nagato has disappeared, and the sinking of the Tosa caused a spiritual blow to the Japanese combined fleet far greater than material!

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